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gazelles, of wliich there are generally two or three in 

 a little patch of very high grass that escaped the fire 

 at the time the rest of the dry grass was burnt. I 

 saw a buck gazelle and fired both barrels of the 

 Express, and missed. I then went and stood on an 

 ant-hill in the middle of the patch of high grass ; two 

 does got up close under my feet and rushed awa}\ I 

 fired both barrels, and missed. The gazelle is by 

 no means an easy thing to hit with a rifle when it 

 is going fast, as it is very small. I was rather 

 disgusted with this bad shooting, and was walking 

 back to camp when up rose another buck. I fired one 

 barrel, and missed ; this shot seemed to turn him, and 

 he went away parallel to the direction I was going in, 

 offering a shoulder shot. I rolled him over with my 

 left barrel as he was cantering along ; he gave two 

 or three convulsive bounds, and, when I got up to 

 him, he was quite dead ; there is nothing like an 

 Express bullet for deadliness. Goubasee made a bag 

 of the skin, and I kept the head. 



When I got back to camp I found that II. had sent 

 me some more provisions, and I also got a letter from 

 him, written on an envelope : — 



Barrakee's Village, Sioiday, February 2?>tk. 



" The coolies have just come back. I am very glad 

 you got the flour from the caravan — that was first- 

 rate ; but I am sorry you are not coming on yet. As 



